{"id":989262,"date":"2022-02-09T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/?p=989262"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:45:27","slug":"a-case-for-scale-how-the-worlds-largest-institutional-investors-leverage-scale-to-deliver-real-outperformance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/a-case-for-scale-how-the-worlds-largest-institutional-investors-leverage-scale-to-deliver-real-outperformance\/","title":{"rendered":"A case for scale: how the world\u2019s largest institutional investors leverage scale to deliver real outperformance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"989262\" class=\"elementor elementor-989262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b16f6b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b16f6b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-42afd074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42afd074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>Many large institutional investors hold the belief that they have an advantage over smaller investors on account of their scale. 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